DANGER WAITS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE GRAVE
Half-vampire Cat
Crawfield and her vampire husband Bones have fought for their lives, as well as
for their relationship. But just when they’ve triumphed over the latest battle,
Cat’s new and unexpected abilities threaten to upset a long-standing balance .
. .
With the mysterious
disappearance of vampires, rumors abound that a species war is brewing. A
zealot is inciting tensions between the vampires and ghouls, and if these two
powerful groups clash, innocent mortals could become collateral damage. Now Cat
and Bones are forced to seek help from a dangerous “ally”—the ghoul queen of
New Orleans herself. But the price of her assistance may prove more treacherous
than even the threat of a supernatural war . . . to say nothing of the
repercussions Cat never imagined.
This Side of the
Grave (Night Huntress, book five) by Jeaniene Frost
Start date: September
26, 2021
End date: October 4,
2021
Rating: 2 out of 5
stars
Trigger warning: offensive language, eating disorder
For a book supposedly revolving around the simmering war between vampires and ghouls spurred on by Apollyon, there’s very little action. Most of the book is Cat and the gang trying to learn where Apollyon is and Cat worrying about her new restricted diet. Apollyon is trying to instigate a war between ghouls and vampires by accusing Cat of trying to cause a war between the two species partly because of her half-vampire status (even though Cat is now a full vampire). It’s stated that he did the same thing with Joan of Arc, who it turns out was the only other half-vampire in existence. The vampires back then offered to turn her into a full vampire or be burned at the stake. She chose the burning. I’ll admit that I don’t know a lot about Joan of Arc, but I understood her as a Christian martyr, so this twist on her story feels blasphemous even to me.